EMAIL FROM ALFRED DONOVAN TO SHELL LEGAL DIRECTOR RICHARD WISEMAN
25 May 2004
Dear Mr Wiseman
I have printed below for your information and file a copy of correspondence sent
today to every UK Member of Parliament. I will shortly supply a copy of a
communication being sent to Pension Fund Managers and Pension Fund and Ethical
associations.
TO EVERY UK MP.
HAKLUYT – THE COMMERCIAL ARM OF MI6?
I am an 87 year old partly disabled war pensioner. I am not one of your
constituents but I want to bring to your attention a matter of public concern to
everyone interested in the concept of a fair trial, free of witness intimidation
by sinister undercover agents.
I first wrote to every MP in 1998 warning you about a corporate culture of
cover-up and deceit deeply ingrained at the highest levels of the Royal Dutch
Shell Group. Therefore news reports of cover-up, deception and intrigue at Shell
regarding the shortfall in oil and gas reserves hold no great surprises to me.
What I have to tell you involves the same Shell senior management figures named
in the recent class action law suits alleging fraud and deceit. (Shell has just
downgraded its oil reserves for the fourth time in as many months).
Shell internal emails reveal a conspiracy to mislead investors including
numerous pension funds. The deception involved the top management at Shell some
of whom still remain in their highly paid jobs. There is even talk of sending a
£1m payoff cheque to Sir Philip Watts, the recently sacked Group Chairman.
Presumably to secure his cooperation in the pending multibillion dollar law
suits. It is all reminiscent of the Mad Hatters Tea Party.
I am a long term Shell shareholder. In 1998 I also wrote to every Shell
Transport director bringing to their attention sinister undercover activity
against my family in relation to a lawsuit my son had brought against Shell. I
recently discovered to my horror that I was in fact communicating directly with
the then spymasters of “Hakluyt”, a shadowy organisation closely linked with
MI6, specialising in undercover operations for corporate clients, including
Shell. I understand that many MP’s believe that Hakluyt is the commercial arm of
MI6.
Directors/shareholders in Shell Transport were simultaneously
directors/shareholders in Hakluyt. In fact Shell directors including a former
Royal Dutch/Shell Group Chairman were at the helm of Hakluyt as its President
and Chairman. Shell has admitted using Hakluyt in widespread undercover
activities against its perceived enemies (Sunday Times article 17/6/01).
How could Shell promise in its “Statement of General Business Principles”
transparency, integrity and honesty in all its dealings and yet be part and
parcel of a sinister spying organisation whose stock in trade is deception and
trickery? There is a huge credibility gap between these two extremes. Even
Shell’s Code of Ethics is not what it seems. Shell Legal Director Richard
Wiseman has confirmed in writing that Shell’s promises of integrity have no
legal standing. Like a bet with a bookmaker they are binding in honour only.
They are intended to create an image of a highly principled multinational but in
reality are worthless; a sham.
My family, our witnesses and our solicitor were besieged and intimidated by
undercover agents in the run up to the High Court trial. Burglaries occurred at
the residences of a key witness, my son’s solicitor, and at our own house. Our
privileged documents were examined. Shell Legal Director Richard Wiseman
admitted in writing the activities of one undercover agent who was caught
red-handed illegally checking our mail during an intelligence gathering mission.
Kendall Freeman, the solicitors acting for Shell made the same written admission
but warned us in a letter that other agents were also being used against us.
This was also meant to intimidate us.
In addition to the covert operations against us and various NGO’s including
Greenpeace and Body Shop, Shell simultaneously set up and paid for a private
army of 1400 Police spies supporting the then murderous regime in Nigeria ( Mail
on Sunday article 4 April 04)
The preparation and prosecution of my sons High Court Trial against Shell was
completely undermined by the “no holds barred” tactics used against us. One key
witness, a former Shell manager of long standing was too frightened to give
evidence. The Police carried out enquiries but Shell obviously did not disclose
its shameful expertise via Hakluyt in using the very tactics being investigated;
tactics which in a UK setting, amounted to a criminal conspiracy to pervert the
course of justice.
Accordingly, I have written to the Lord Chancellor seeking a police
investigation. I have also sought assurances about the impartiality of the trial
judge who has declined to answer a straightforward question about a possible
professional/personal connection with the son of Shell’s Group Chairman at the
time of the trial, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart. The judge is a man of the very highest
integrity but I see no reason why he and others involved refuse to answer a
legitimate question. I would be grateful if you could support my request to Lord
Falconer for an investigation.
Please visit shell2004.com to read my sworn Affidavit concerning these matters.
You will also find the world’s most comprehensive news portal website covering
the Royal Dutch/Shell Group (on which my correspondence with Shell is being
published).
Yours sincerely
Alfred Donovan
Chairman, Shell Shareholders Organisation
email: alfrededonovan@hotmail.com
cc Shell Legal Director, Richard Woodman
Royal Dutch Shell Group Chairman, Jeroen van de Veer
Royal Dutch Shell Group Managing Director, Malcolm Brinded
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